Electa Rome Parks

Electa Rome Parks

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Electa Rome Parks, one of the rising stars in contemporary fiction, is the author of the best-selling novels THE TIES THAT BIND and LOOSE ENDS, which were originally self-published through her own company, Novel Ideal Publishing and Editorial Services Company, a company now dedicated to quality editorial services.

Electa Rome Parks
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Mrs. Parks has been writing ever since she remembers. After years of keeping a diary, journaling, writing short stories and poems, her first novel was born in 2001. "I developed a love, respect, and appreciation for books at a very early age," states Parks. "I realized words were powerful, they could change lives, ideas, beliefs, your view of the world and yourself. Writing is my therapy. It clears out all of the clutter of everyday living."

After successfully self-publishing her debut novels, New American Library, a division of Penguin Group, bought the rights. Mrs. Parks signed a three-book deal with New American Library. Her first novel, THE TIES THAT BIND, was re-released in October 2004, and LOOSE ENDS was re-released in November 2004. Both books were immediately chosen as Black Expressions Book Club selections and embraced as Books of the Month by book clubs across the country. A third manuscript, ALMOST DOESN'T COUNT, which was immediately chosen as the Main Selection for Black Expressions Book Club for September 2005, is slated for publication in August 2005. Parks states, "This is just the beginning of my literary journey that confirms dreams do come true and nothing or no one can stop the predestination that is laid out for each of us."

Recently, Electa signed her second book deal with New American Library/Penguin Group. Her upcoming project is tentatively entitled: LADIES NIGHT OUT (NAL, 2006).

To find out when and where Electa will be in your area, check out her website at www.electaromeparks.com. To share your thoughts with Electa regarding her work or to schedule an event, please e-mail her at: novelideal@yahoo.com.

Electa Rome Parks currently lives outside Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband Nelson and two children. With a BA degree in marketing and a minor in sociology, she is currently working on her next novel and fulfilling her passion as a writer. (Updated July 2005)

Ladies' Night Out
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ISBN: 0451220250
Pub. Date: January 2007
Format: Paperback, 288pp
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)

Electa Rome Parks-acclaimed author of Almost Doesn't Count, The Ties that Bind, and Loose Ends-now explores the bonds among four women and the secret confessions that could put their friendship at risk.

Lexie, Meshell, Tonya, and Tracee are single and successful best friends. Devoted to each other since college, they've bonded over a monthly ritual to regroup and keep it real. With a little wine, drama, and laughs, they discuss their dreams, betrayals, families, and without a doubt, the men in their lives that come and go. But tonight, ladies' night out arrives with a twist- and a revelation that could threaten a longstanding friendship or bring four women closer to understanding themselves, their men, and their secret passions than ever before.

Almost Doesn't Count
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ISBN: 045121515X
Format: Paperback, 240pp
Pub. Date: August 2005
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)

She can almost front at how she doesn't need a man.
    She can almost play at how far she's come from the hood.
        She can almost pretend that the past doesn't mean a thing.
                But everybody knows. . .
                        Almost Doesn't Count

Mercedes decided a long time ago that she'd never let a man walk all over her the way some women did. Love was something from fairy tales and TV movies of the week. She needed men for one thing only-and it had nothing to do with her heart. Growing up her mother made sure of that.

Now Mercedes has to travel home to southern Georgia, where her mama, Miss Betty, is recovering from surgery. Back to the rickety old house that holds a lot of memories for her. If she could only learn to deal with the bad ones…

Because a man has come into her life, a fine, bald-headed, churchgoing black man-the kind of man Mercedes never dared believe in. And she's going to have to get herself together to deal with what Darius is doing to her life-and what he's hiding about his own…

Loose Ends
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ISBN: 045121322X
Format: Paperback, 240pp
Publisher: Penguin Group, New American Library
Pub. Date: November 2, 2004

Praised for its "cutting-edge dialogue, intriguing characters, and a spicy storyline," Electa Rome Parks's The Ties That Bind introduced a savagely honest look at modern romance. Now, in a back-to-back publishing event, Parks returns with her next novel of love and friendship and the betrayals of both-some forgiven, some never forgotten.

It's been five years since they trusted one another-and betrayed one another- only as friends and lovers could. Beautiful Mia, getting a second chance at love. Christian, who gave up his player card for the one woman he's not sure he can trust. And Brice, as irresistibly bad as ever. One woman can tame him-if he'd give her the chance: Kree, innocent but underestimated, and looking for the kind of passion that can change a life. When she finds it, it's going to come with a price. Sometimes, it doesn't take a lot to tear apart friends like these. All it takes is love.

The Ties That Bind
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ISBN: 0451213211
Format: Paperback, 192pp
Publisher: Penguin Group New American Library
Pub. Date: October 5, 2004

Here's a straight-up novel about men and women, sex and betrayal, and playing the fool for love. Mia is a hopeless romantic who dreams of getting married and settling down with the man who could make that dream come true. Brice has his own ideas about love. He wants a woman willing to surrender everything and he thinks he's found her in Mia. Then again, so has Christian, who likes love to last just as long as the night takes. Now he's met an angel with the power to turn him around. Unfortunately she's married to his best friend.

To find out when and where Electa will be in your area, check out her website at www.electaromeparks.com.

To share your thoughts with Electa regarding her work or to schedule an event, please e-mail her at novelideal@yahoo.com.

To write to author:

Novel Ideal Publishing Company
2274 Salem Road, Suite 106, PMB Box 173
Conyers, Georgia 30013

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Handling Your Finances – Lessons from an Author in Transition by Lynnette Khalfani
http://reviews.aalbc.com/handling_your_finances.htm

Little did Electa Rome Parks know that her unforeseen downsizing in 2003 would actually serve as a catalyst for her biggest career blessing to date. As it turns out, getting the axe from Bank of America cut Parks off from corporate America, but it jumpstarted her literary career: Six months after receiving a pink slip, Parks went from part-time writer to full-time author, landed a high-profile literary agent, and got a six-figure book deal with a major publishing house.

The Literary World Interview
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